(a) whether the Supreme Court has made a judgement to cut the maintenance allowance paid to the suspended Government employees;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government are aware that it will affect the family of the suspended employees; and
(d) if so, the corrective steps taken/proposed to be taken in this regard?
THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF ATOMIC ENERGY AND SPACE. (SMT.VASUNDHARA RAJE)
(a),(b),(c)&(d): In the absence of citation of the case it has not been possible to locate the judgment. However, in accordance with Fundamental Rule 53 the amount of subsistence allowance can be reduced by a suitable amount not exceeding 50 per cent of the subsistence allowance admissible during the period of the first three months, if the period of suspension has been prolonged due to reasons directly attributable to the Government servant.